Elhew Says Farewell
“To All of Our Friends in the Sporting Dog Community…” It is with great sadness — but with the unshakeable conviction that we are doing the right and necessary thing — that we announce our decision to close Elhew Kennels and retire the Elhew “brand.” The Elhew prefix...
A Special Dove Hunt with Old Friends
During the past 56 years, give or take a year or two, I’ve hunted dove from the prairie of North Dakota to the brush country of Mexico. I’ve enjoyed some red-hot shoots and some hunts where just ‘being there’ was the reward. I’ve hunted with countless fine people and...
A Visit to Florence, Post-Florence
After one week, folks here still feel the sting of a terrible storm and a tragic shooting.
Excerpt from Blood Red Mackinaw by Ryan Stalvey
Inch by inch, the afternoon sun steadily dissolves, casting an orange and pink haze over the sparsely populated landscape of rural Pennsylvania. From the front window of a seedy boarding house, Curt Sloan peers through the unclean glass panes, then disappears back...
Judicial Review Shouldn’t Trump Wildlife Management
Taking a deeper dive into the Yellowstone Grizzly dispute. A federal judge in Montana recently ruled to reimpose Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections on grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). This motion comes after...
Illegal Poaching Puts Giraffes At Risk In Africa
Giraffes are among wildlife species adversely affected by increased illegal poaching in Botswana. This follows the banning of legal hunting there several years ago. The information was included recently during a presentation to the International Wildlife Conservation...
Excerpt from “Incoming” by Robert Parvin Williams
In the last light of the safari’s final day, Ian Batchelor and I followed blood and hoof prints into a thicket. The buffalo could not be much further: both shots had hit well, and we had already trailed him nearly half a mile. William, the tracker, crouched low just...
Roosevelt Fire: The Two Hunters Who Were Nearly Burned Alive
This article originally appeared on BuckRail.com SUBLETTE COUNTY, WYO – When Steve Knezovich and his son Dakota first saw what would become the baddest wildfire in the nation right now it was torching a few trees, no more than three acres. They noticed a wisp of smoke...
Introducing the Autumn Catalog from Sporting Classics
Introducing the Autumn Catalog from Sporting Classics! In it, you’ll find the latest items from our Sporting Classics Store, our new Knife of the Year, our new deer hunting book, and much more. Click HERE to view!
Big Win For Hunters: CA Governor Vetoes Anti-Hunting Proposal
California Gov. Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown Jr. vetoed a bill that would have prevented hunters from possessing and in some cases importing the named African species in the bill, including parts and products, lawfully harvested in Africa. "Safari Club International...